Goethe' Faust exerted a powerful influence on Romantic composers, offering Robert Schumann a number of unforgettable scenes drawn mainly from the mystical second part of the epic poem which he incorporated into this immensely moving large-scale cantata.
2 Part I: I. Szene Im Garten (Faust, Gretchen, Mephistopheles, Marthe)
3 Part I: II. Gretchen Vor Dem Bild Der Mater Dolorosa (Gretchen)
4 Part I: III. Szene Im Dom (Boser Geist, Gretchen, Choir)
5 Part II: IV. Sonnenaufgang (Ariel, Choir, Faust)
6 Part II: V. Mitternacht (Mangel, Schuld, Sorge, Not, Faust)
7 Part II: VI. Fausts Tod (Mephistopheles, Lemuren, Faust, Choir)
- Disc 2 -
1 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Waldung, Sie Schwankt Heran (Choir)
2 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pater Ecstaticus)
3 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Wie Felsenabgrund Mir Zu Fussen (Pater Profundus, Pater Seraphicus, Selige Knaben)
4 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Gerettet Ist Das Edle Glied (Engel, Selige Knaben, Choir)
5 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Hier Ist Die Aussicht Frei (Doctor Marianus)
6 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Dir, Der Unberuhrbaren (Doctor Marianus, Choir, Busserinnen, Magna Peccatrix, Mulier Samaritana, Maria Aegyptiaca, Una Poenitentium, Selige Knaben, Gretchen, Mater Gloriosa)
7 Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Alles Vergangliche Ist Nur Ein Gleichnis (Chorus Mysticus)
Goethe' Faust exerted a powerful influence on Romantic composers, offering Robert Schumann a number of unforgettable scenes drawn mainly from the mystical second part of the epic poem which he incorporated into this immensely moving large-scale cantata.
